Update 7 March 2026

CROSS TALK: VEXATIONS

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Japanese composer Toshiro Mayuzumi performing his leg of the interminable Vexations.

Foreground: Karen and Roger commiserating as Vexations continues late into the Tokyo evening. Toshi Ichiyanagi performing Vexations.

Roger trying to keep clear about which diminshed chord is next.

Audience for 18-hr performance of Vexations:
middle ground: Karen Reynolds,Yoshiaki Matsudaira, Toshiro Mayuzumi, and unidentified stalwart. Facing audience on the right: Donald Albright, Cultural Affairs Director of the American Cultural Center in Tōkyō.

Karen Reynolds performing her segment of Satie's Vexations, while maintaing admirable serenity.